Apparatus for degreasing wool.



No. 656,695. Patented Aug. 28, I900 m. A. JACQUES. APPARATUS FORDEGREASING WOOL.

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APPARATUS FOR DEGREASING WOOL.

SFECIFIICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 656,695, dated August28, 1900. Application filed February 24, 1900. Serial No. 6,389. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, MAXIMILIEN AUGUSTE JACQUES, of Salome, Nord, in theRepublic of France, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inApparatus for Degreasing or Scouring Wool; and I do hereby declare thefollowing tobe a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

The invention which forms the subject of the present application forpatent relates to improvements in apparatus for the continuous andmethodical degreasing or scouring of wool.

In my apparatus the scouring is effected by solution and the essentialcharacteristic feature of my invention consists in a mechanicalarrangement by which the wool is conveyed regularly and continuously inthin layers through the solvent, which circulates in the oppositedirection, this arrangement avoiding, contrarily to all those hithertoemployed, matting and felting of the wool in the scouring-vats andmaking it possible, besides, after perfect scouring, to recover nearlyall the solvent employed.

My invention is shown in detail in the accompanying drawings, in which--Figure 1 is a general longitudinal section, along A B O D of Fig. 2, ofthe complete plant. Fig. 2 is a plan corresponding to Fig. 1. Fig. 3 isa general longitudinal elevation of the plant corresponding to Fig. 1.Fig. 4 is a transverse section along the plane indicated by E F in Fig.1.

The extracting apparatus consists of a vessel (4, preferably ofsheet-iron and cast-iron. In this vesselperforated belts c are arranged,passing around rollers o These belts move in the direction of thearrows. A hopper is shown at cl, the discharge opening from which opensinto the casing a, so as to discharge the wool onto the uppermost of thebelts c.

l) is an inclined conveyer the lower end of which extends below thecasing a. This conveyer is inclosed in a casing 2, which has an openingat b communicating with the easing a. at its lower end. The conveyor isprovided with ribs 1), preferably of galvanized sheetiron.

f is a tank containing a solvent, (spirit of petroleum, sulfuric ether,or some hydrocar bon,) and this tank connects by a pipe 3 with thecasing of the conveyor, so that the said casing and also the vessel amay be filled with the solvent up to the level shown in the drawings.Battle-plates 4 are arranged in. the vessel a and attached to the sides,so as to cause the solvent to flow in a direction opposite to thedirection of movement of the belts.

h is a vat connected with the vessel a at 5 by a pipe 6.

e is a distributing funnel connected with the upper end of theconveyor-casing and Ge pending therefrom.

8 is a registeror shutter pivotally supported at its lower edge to closeeither one or the other of the divergent spouts e of the funnel 6. Belowthese spouts are arranged vessels and Z. A valvej controls the passagebetween the spout e and the chamber 2', and a similar valve 9 controlsthe passage between the spout 'e and the chamber Z. arranged in thesevessels, passing around rollers 7 in opposite directions. The vessels Hare supported upon suitable standardssuch, for instance, as shown at m,Fig. 4Land similar standards support the vessel a The rollers 7 a aredriven through any suitable form of driving-gearing, (indicatedgenerally by the letter Z, Fig. 2.)

The pump in Fig. 3 and vat have marked, respectively, 16 and S.

7: is an outlet arranged in the bottom of the chamber or vessel 2', anda similar outlet is provided in the chamber or vessel Z.

10 is a pipe leading to the vat h, and this pipe has branches at 10 10leading through taps 1O 10 into the chambers t and Z, respectively.

11 is a tap connected with any suitable air-pump, such as is shown inFig. 2 at p, and each of the vessels t' Z has such a tap.

r is a condenser connected with the air pump 19, and s is a vatconnected with the condenser 4.

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14 is a pump connected by a pipe 14 with the vat h and by another pipe14 with the vat 12. The vat 12 is connected with a distilling apparatus13 by a pipe 12'.

15 'is a tap and pipe connecting the'bottom of the distilling apparatuswith a receptacle 15. A pipe 13 connects "the top of the dis Belts 7 arel tilling apparatus with the condenser r. The vat s is connected withthe tank f through a pump 16 by means of a pipe 16.

The operation is as follows: The wool falls from hopper (1 upon theupper belt 0 and is passed from belt to belt and carried through thesolvent until it is discharged onto the conveyer b, and is carried upthrough the solvent by this conveyor to be discharged down through thefunnel e. The solvent passes in the opposite direction to that of thewool, and it becomes loaded with fat when discharged at 5 from thevessel a. From this point the solvent flows to the vat h. The wool thusfreed from fat, but still impregnated with solvent, is dischargedthrough the funnel 6 into either one or the other of the chambers orvessels 7: Z. Let us suppose that we empty the wool into vessel 6. Itwill be carried along in the direction of the arrows. When the materialhas reached the extremity-that is to say, near the outlet 7c-the bolts 7are brought to a standstill and after having reversed the register, soas to make it rest on the opposite side of the funnel, the wool will beconveyed into vessel Z. Valve j is then shut so as to separate thefilled vessel o from the other part of the extraction apparatus. Theliquid has been drained during filling by tap 10 and pipe 10 and beencollected in vat h. Afterhaving shut 10 and opened tap '11, Fig. 1, avacuum is made in vessel t' by means of the air-pump p to causeevaporation of the solvent with which the wool is yet impregnated. Thedischarge-valve 7c is then opened and the bolts 7 are set in motion,which empty the vessel 2'. During this time vessel Zhas been filled.Then shut the valve 7c, adjust the register 8, and open thesluicevalve-9, which operates on vessel Z in the same way as just donein the case of the vessel i. The air-pump p forces the gaseous solventinto a condenser 7", Fig. 2, which condenses it and conveys it to vat s.The solution of fatty substance is driven by a pump l-ct into a vat 12,which feeds the distilling apparatus 13. The fatty substance passes outinto 15, and the recovered solvent condensed in the condenser 'r flows0E into vat s and is conveyed to tank f by the pump 16. Thence it againruns off into the extrac tion apparatus a.

The details of construction of my apparatus may vary. Thus thecarrying-belts may be formed of bands consisting of assembled chains,the characteristic of my arrangement being always a continuousconveyance, causing the wool to circulate in thin layers in the scouringliquid moving in the opposite direction.

I claim- In combination in an apparatus for scouring wool, a Washingvessel (1, carrier-belts therein moving in opposite directions,baflieplates between the belts, a pair of vessels to which the materialis passed from the washing vessel, a casing and a carrier arrangedbetween the said washing vessel and the pair of vessels, said casingterminating in a funnel, and a hinged register in the said funnel bywhich the casing and carrier can be placed in communication with eitherone of the pair of vessels, substantially as described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in presence of twowitnesses.

lllAXIMILIEN AUGUSTE JACQUES.

Witnesses:

Lours GARDET, EDWARD P. MACLEAN.

